Articles Archive
Below are all our previously published articles and news items - blog posts will be included here too.
There are also 2 wordpress blog sites which we previously used and for whom content is still available, although they are not currently being updated:
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Legal Aid and access to justice post COVID-19
Post date: 20th of September 2020This piece was written by YLAL members Chloe Darcy and Ella Cornwall.
Read more...COVID-19: 6 months on
Post date: 20th of September 2020On Wednesday 9 September 2020, One Pump Court Chambers hosted a #YLALVirtual meeting reflecting on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic six months on from the passage of the Coronavirus Act. The meeting explored how the pandemic has affected different areas of social welfare law and the criminal justice system since lockdown began in March. Ciara Bartlam, YLAL committee member and barrister at Garden Court North Chambers, chaired the meeting.
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Extended operating hours in civil, family and criminal courts: what's the problem?
Post date: 12th of September 2020This piece was written by YLAL member Maariyaah Zamir, a recent LLB graduate.
Read more...Legal Aid News: August 2020
Post date: 3rd of September 2020Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from August 2020.
Read more...YLAL Statement on the Lord Chancellor's Announcement regarding the Criminal Legal Aid Review
Post date: 23rd of August 2020On 21 August 2020, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, wrote to YLAL in response to our submission to the consultation on the accelerated areas of the Criminal Legal Aid Review.
YLAL's full submission to the consultation can be found here.
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Join the YLAL committee: applications now open!
Post date: 14th of August 2020
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Regulations that threaten access to justice to be revoked
Post date: 11th of August 2020
We are thrilled to report that the government has conceded that the new “fixed fees” for asylum and immigration legal aid work are unlawful. It will revoke the fixed fees regulations and put transitional measures in place to pay practitioners for the time they actually spend on cases while a proper consultation is undertaken.
This is a hugely important win for access to justice and follows a series of important legal challenges.
YLAL Leeds: Legal Aid and Domestic Violence
Post date: 7th of August 2020
On 22nd July 2020, YLAL Leeds hosted the virtual event 'Legal Aid and Domestic Violence'. Aaqib Javed, YLAL committee member and future pupil barrister at Spire Barristers, began by introducing the event and the four panellists. He outlined the event’s main focus, domestic violence, and the three main topics to be discussed: the Ministry of Justice Inquiry, the Domestic Abuse Bill, and the important issue of legal aid and access to justice..
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Legal Aid News: July 2020
Post date: 7th of August 2020Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from July 2020.
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YLAL Attends APPG on Legal Aid
Post date: 7th of August 2020On 20 July 2020, the Legal Aid Practitioners Group hosted the ‘APPG on Legal Aid’ virtual meeting. Chaired by Karen Buck MP, the event focused on Covid-19 and its impact on the legal aid sector.
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